They are curbing run-away energy with a combination of micro-level controls (for individual servers, power distribution units, air-flow controllers, and cooling units) as well as macro-level controls and policies (for racks of servers, rows of racks, and entire data centers).

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With the macro situation improving, we expect Cisco to benefit a lot more from the long-term growth trends of data demand and cloud computing, which continue to remain sharp.

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